(*Actual
for and against are the goals scored
while the player was on the field.)

Born

28 August 1947 in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumberland [registered in
Barrow in Furness, September 1947].

Married

to Barbara Dixon [registered in
Barrow in Furness, September 1972]. Two children, Emma and Emlyn.

Died

9
November 2004, aged
57 years 73 days[registered in Sheffield, November 2004], of a brain
tumour after a 15-month fight, at his home in Sheffield. Funeral
held on 17 November 2004 at Sheffield Cathedral.

Height/Weight

5'
10½", 11st.
13lbs [1975], 12st. 6lbs [1980].

Source

Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & FindMyPast.com

Biographies

Crazy Horse
- Emlyn Hughes (London: Arthur Barker, 1980).

x.
- A Football Compendium, Peter J. Seddon (1999).

Club Career

Club(s)

Played schoolboy football in North Lancashire, and played in Blackpool
with Roose FC as a youth player,
before signing professionally for Blackpool FC in September 1964. Transferred to Liverpool FC for £65,00 in February 1967. Leaving
for Wolverhampton Wanderers FC in August 1979 for £90,000. Signed for
Rotherham United FC as a player-manager in July 1981, to Hull City AFC in
March 1983, Mansfield Town FC in August 1983 and Swansea City FC in
September 1983. Retired in October 1983.

After his playing career, Hughes became a
popular figure on British television, appearing regularly as team captain
on the BBC's A Question Of Sport, and then ITV's Sporting Triangles. He
was also a successful after-dinner speaker. In addition to his TV
appearances, Hughes worked for Yorkshire-based Real Radio as their main
sports pundit for two and a half years. After launching their phone-in, he
worked for the station until the end of last season. His punditary meant
that he was in attendence at both the Heysel Stadium disaster and the
tragic Hillsborough disaster. He was also vice-president of the Dystonia
Society, concerned with the neurological disorder. -
Various Media

Emlyn Hughes - Career Statistics

Squads

Apps

Comp.
Apps

Starts

Sub on

Sub off

Mins.

Goals

Goals
Av.min

Comp.
Goals

Capt.

Disc.

69+

62

41

59

3

1

5367

1

5367
min

0

23

None

Due to the fact that
many matches rarely stuck to exactly ninety minutes long, allowing time
for injuries, errors and substitutions. The minutes here
given can only ever be a guideline and cannot therefore be accurate, only
an approximation.